"...the north carolin senate passed a bill to ban any government agency from mentioning or studying climate change or sea level rise," ollaimh

Not so. Misstatement is probably a failing of the human species but I do wish we were more careful when we state "facts".


Here is what North Carolina did in fact do:

"North Carolina senators have decided to postpone consideration of a state-sponsored science panel's warning of rising sea levels until July 2016, calling instead for more studies.

"A conference report that amended the much-debated bill to control how North Carolina prepares for climate change along its coast passed
the Senate Monday night 40-1 and is awaiting a House vote."

http://www.jdnews.com/news/rising-105718-seas-bill.html